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Video Script
ELSA Level 3
Scenario #1:
Part A: In an office.
Donna stands up from her desk and accidently bangs her knee against the filing cabinet
drawer.
Donna Ow! (Holding her knee)
Part B: In a medical clinic.
Inan examining room:
Shirene: Hi, Donna. I'ma nurse. My name is Shirene. Please sit down.
Donna: Okay. Ow. Ow,
Shirene: Where do you have pain?
Donna Here. In my knee.
Shirene: Okay. | see. And how much pain do you have?
Donna My knee really hurts!
Shirene: Okay. Now, from one to ten, how would you rate your pain?
Donna Uh. | don’t know....a number? That's hard to say.
Shirene: Well, ten is terrible pain. It’s so bad you're going to faint. And one is a little
pain. Five is in the middle.
Donna: Hmmm... | guess I'd rate it a five out of ten.
Shirene: A five, okay. Now, when did your pain start?
Donna: It started yesterday morning.
Shirene: Yesterday. Okay now, Donna, is your pain constant or intermittent?
Donna: What do you mean?
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Shirene: Well, if your pain stays for a long time, it’s constant. If it comes and goes, it’s
intermittent.
Donna Hmmm... My pain is constant.
Shirene nods.
Fade out.
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Scenario #2:
Part 1: In an office.
Donna is sitting on a chair and leans over to put a file in the bottom drawer of the filing
cabinet. Suddenly she grimaces and holds her back.
Donna Ow! Ow! Oh, my back! Oh, it hurts so much!
Part 2: In a medical clinic
In an examining room:
Shirene: Hi Donna. I'ma nurse. My name is Shirene. Please sit down
Donna: Actually, | feel better standing
Shirene: Okay. Stay standing then. Now, where do you have pain?
Donna: Here, in my back, | have pain in my lower back.
Shirene: ‘And how much pain do you have? Is it a lot? Severe? Or moderate?
Donna: It’s severe. It really hurts.
Shirene: Okay. And when did your pain start?
Donna: It started this morning. Ow!!
Shirene: I'm sorry Donna. | just have to ask you one more question.
Donna: Okay.
Shirene: Is the pain constant or intermittent?
Donna: What do you mean?
Shirene: Well, if it stays for a long time, it’s constant. If it comes and goes, it’s
intermittent.
Donna: My pain is constant.
Fade out.
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